MINNIG BANNED IN MOORS.

Mining can be sustainable in social and environmental terms in many places (and can be harmful) but not at the moors. It is a large water ecosystem value on biodiversity and climate regulation, they are very fragile and the impacts caused by this activity are irreversible. says "Santiago Madriñan de la Torre"

The Constitutional Court censured the possibility that contained the development plan to do some mining activities in the area of the moor. The argument of environmentalists who strongly oppose the project was that the mine is located in a wasteland. They note that the moors are thermal floors that are located between 3000 and 4700 meters and stress that are a world rarity, an important source of water.

A big features the moor is a tropical mountain ecosystem that develops over the forest area and has its limit in perpetual snow. Some studies suggest that the current composition of the moor can influence the occupation and human activities.

Besides the moors they are home to numerous indigenous and peasant communities of ancestral heritage, and who are key to the conservation of these territories.

Version in spanish http://colombiaymineria.blogspot.com.co/2016/02/mineria-prohibida-en-paramos.htmlFrom: http://www.cecodes.org.co/descargas/noticias/paramoscecodes.pdf 
http://www1.upme.gov.co/sala-de-prensa/noticias/explotacion-minera-esta-totalmente-prohibida-en-los-paramos#sthash.BqNlevYE.dpuf

 http://www.paramo.org/content/%C2%BFqu%C3%A9-son-los-p%C3%A1ramos